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I started the post on Thursday, and it’s not like there’s a blog police. I mean, I belong to a blogger association, but they’re mostly about happy hours and asking me to not blog about stuff I got for free without mentioning I got it for free (Note: if you want to send me free crap, I will blog about whatever free crap I got. And make it clear it was free. For my blogger peeps.).

Finally, we hit the Easter sales, which are all about the pig. Fiesta has all the parts on sale, and everyone else has decent ham prices. I collected the best ones and suggest you sock one away because there’s nothing simpler than feeding a crowd with a large cut of pig.

Blue Bell is cheap this week, but I understand if you still haven’t forgiven them for the disastrous handling of the contamination problem. Strawberries are just $1.25, which is good, but normally they’ve hit 99c by now. I’m not buying for the freezer quite yet, but I’m wondering if they’re going to get lower this year at all. Watermelons are cheap as hell at Sprouts and you can freeze it for making agua frescas later.

(NOTE: The ad says, ‘HEB Prime 1’. Meat grading is a weird land of twisty passages, all alike. The two HEB’s I’ve been in this week have labels saying ‘Prime’, not ‘HEB Prime 1’. I’m not sure if this is a situation where their particular ‘store grade’ was supposed to be on sale, or if some stores threw prime meat out at this price. Look at your brisket and make a call to the best of your ability. Either way, I think it’s cheap beef.)

Like this:

Many happy returns of the day, Cheepsters! I hope you’ve all had a great holiday weekend and are looking forward to a December full of merriment.

I’m here to make sure you can feed the people that show up at your place for said merriment. This week is thin on the ground, because stores are trying to recoup during the brief lull between Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday of Your Choosing. Grocery stores don’t actually work on a large markup but more on a tiny markup on volume, so it’s time for them to recover from all the deals on turkeys, potatoes and cranberries.

What I am looking forward to is eggplant, pears, rice and avocados, which are all easily turned into lovely snacks for when friends stop by.

Sprouts

eggplant 48c/ea

Halos mandarins. 2lb bag $1.98/ea

pears, many varieties 88c/lb

organic Red Delicious apples 98c/lb

HEB

Fuji apples 87c/lb

Red pears 87c/lb

mangos 68c/ea

HEB fresh sausage $2.97/lb

Fiesta

onions 25c/lb

Gala apples 5/$1

large Hass Avocados 69c/ea

bscb $1.19/lb (Fiesta limit)

pork shoulder roast 97c/lb (Fiesta limit)

Ole Carolina sliced bacon, 16oz. $1.79/ea (Fiesta limit)

Progresso soup 99c/ea (limit 6)

Green Giant vegetables, selected 33c/ea

Fiesta long grain rice, 4lb bag $1.50/ea

Imperial Brown Sugar, 2lb bag $1.50/ea

Randalls

assorted pork loin chops $1.79/lb

3 day sale, Fri-Sun ONLY!:

Sanderson Farms fresh whole fryers 69c/lb (limit 4)

Beefsteak tomatoes, 4 pack $1.50/ea

They’re also having something called a ‘Fab!5 sale’ which involves a lot of products and you should check the ad if you shop there.